From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a cohort of Labrador retrievers in England
Name of variable | Relevant Dogslife questionnaire question(s) and answer(s) reported by owners | Description of variable |
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Exercise quantity | Q: On average, in the last week for how long does [dog name] do the following exercise(s) EACH day (Weekday/Weekend): Walking on the lead? Running on the lead? Walking/running off the lead? Exercise involving fetching, chasing or retrieving? Obedience training? Other playing activity (including dogs playing together)? A: [None, 1–5 min, 5–15 min, 15–30 min, 30–60 min, 1–2 hrs, Over 2 hrs] | Multiple categorical Dogslife questions transformed to a single continuous variable to estimate dogs’ minutes of exercise per week |
Dried food quantity | Q: How much dried food do you feed [dog name] in total each day? A: [Free text with unit box] | Continuous variable converted into grams of dried food fed to dogs per day reported by owners |
Insurance status | Q: Is [dog name] insured? A: [Yes/No] | Binomial yes/no variable |
Titbits status | Q: Does [dog name] also receive ‘titbits’? For example anything else [dog name] eats such as food off your plate, training treats, chews etc. A: [Yes/No] | Binomial yes/no variable |
Sleep-person status | Q: Where does [dog name] sleep at night? A: [Alone in a room in a house, In a room shared with a person, In a room shared with a pet, In a room shared with a pet and a person, Outside, Other] | Transformed into a single binomial yes/no variable to categorise whether dogs sleep with a person at night |
Bathed SLVa | Q: Has [dog name] been bathed since you last visited the site? A: [Yes/No] | Binomial yes/no variable |
Anti-parasitic SLVa | Q: Have you used any products to prevent or treat fleas or ticks since you last visited the site? A: [Yes/No] | Binomial yes/no variable |
Wormed SLVa | Q: Has [dog name] been wormed since you last visited the site? A: [Yes/No] | Binomial yes/no variable |
Vaccinated SLVa | Q: Has [dog name] been vaccinated since you last visited the site? A: [Yes/No] | Binomial yes/no variable |